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January 25, 2013 1:13 PM

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Want to live in a building that just won a top nationwide architecture prize. Unit 600 of Art Stable, at 516 Yale Ave., is on the market for $1.175 million. Art Stable just won a 2013 American Institute of Architects Honor Award for Architecture. Olson Kundig Architects designed the seven-story mixed-use building, which was built on the site of a former horse stable. Click on for more about Art Stable and other local winners. less

Want to live in a building that just won a top nationwide architecture prize. Unit 600 of Art Stable, at 516 Yale Ave., is on the market for $1.175 million. Art Stable just won a 2013 American Institute of ... more

Photo: Courtesy A. Carol McDaniel/Windermere Real Estate

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Each of Art Stable's five units has a large steel-clad door on the alley-facing side. A crane on the roof can lift large objects from the alley into each unit through the door. Unit 600, a 2,237-square-foot shell, is listed for $1.175 million. less

Each of Art Stable's five units has a large steel-clad door on the alley-facing side. A crane on the roof can lift large objects from the alley into each unit through the door. Unit 600, a 2,237-square-foot ... more

Photo: Copyright Benjamin Benschneider, Olson Kundig Architects

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The street-facing side of the building features 8-foot by 7-foot hinged windows that also swing open. Unit 600, a 2,237-square-foot shell, is listed for $1.175 million.

The street-facing side of the building features 8-foot by 7-foot hinged windows that also swing open. Unit 600, a 2,237-square-foot shell, is listed for $1.175 million.

Photo: Courtesy A. Carol McDaniel/Windermere Real Estate

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Users can open the door and window by turning hand wheels that connect pivot bolts on the exterior of the building via threaded rods. Unit 600, a 2,237-square-foot shell, is listed for $1.175 million.

Users can open the door and window by turning hand wheels that connect pivot bolts on the exterior of the building via threaded rods. Unit 600, a 2,237-square-foot shell, is listed for $1.175 million.

Photo: Courtesy A. Carol McDaniel/Windermere Real Estate

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American Institute of Architects jury members said of Art Stable:... Photo-4087543.55727 - seattlepi.com

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Seattle's LMN architects won an Architecture Honor Award for the West Building of the Vancouver Convention Centre, in Vancouver, British Columbia.

"The conceptual goal of the 22-acre waterfront development is to close the gap between the natural ecosystem surrounding Vancouver and the human ecosystem concentrated at the downtown core," according to a project description.

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The West Building is part of the Coal Harbour Convention District project, for which LMN was part of a team that won an Honor Award for Regional and Urban Design.

"The design knits the convention center experience into the urban fabric of the downtown core, using the building to frame public open space and extend the city’s pedestrian activity to the waterfront," a project description says. "A public promenade and bike trail complete an important link in the city’s park system, originating from Stanley Park to the west." less

The West Building is part of the Coal Harbour Convention District project, for which LMN was part of a team that won an Honor Award for Regional and Urban Design.

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Jurors said: "This is an outstanding development of the public edge of the city at its waterfront. The project transforms the convention center typology into a true 'civic' piece of the city. The balance of built and open space is spectacular and the linear orientation of the park and convention center take full advantage of the water’s edge. Detailing of the water’s edge integrates human access with ecological habitat restoration and sustainable systems to an impressive degree."

"This is beautifully done with an integration of urban and architectural strategies."

"This design grabs at opportunities that were presented by problems left unresolved by individual buildings. It punctuates the water and what is around it in a positive way that creates places for people." less

Jurors said: "This is an outstanding development of the public edge of the city at its waterfront. The project transforms the convention center typology into a true 'civic' piece of the city. The balance of ... more

Photo: Vancouver Convention Centre

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The project used the shell of the former Johnson Auto Electric building, built in 1917. Elements include hand-cranked pivot doors highlighted the automotive history of the building and form an awning for outdoor seating; floating "rafts" that serve as a seating area/stage; tasting tables that dock together to form a dining table; a sliding panel that can function as a video screen; and the "armadillo," a space that contains a conference room and workspaces for 14 people, with L-shaped steel panels that slide along the side and top of the structure, alternately opening it up to views of the tasting room and natural light from above or shutting it down for security and privacy. Vehicles, such as delivery vans and taco trucks, can literally drive through the space.

Jury members said: "This minimalist intervention into a modest urban warehouse space results in a dynamic and beautifully detailed project."

"A great solution for a simple space reflecting an attitude of restraint and editing, the project is gritty and urban and integrates the exterior with the interior for a sort of 'rough luxe' aesthetic."

"Its planning is simple and clever with operable panels and mobile platforms that engage its users with the architecture."

"This project represents all of the fun things about architecture." less

PACCAR Hall is a 132,000-square-foot modern building sitting amid the UW's classic architecture. The building organizes student and faculty spaces around a central community space and has second-level Gold certification through the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program. less

PACCAR Hall is a 132,000-square-foot modern building sitting amid the UW's classic architecture. The building organizes student and faculty spaces around a central community space and has second-level Gold ... more

Photo: Nic Lehoux

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Jury members said: "Remarkable for a campus building, the interiors of this University of Washington business school campus building contain a rich material palette. The generous natural materials accented with steel and glass details provide balance."

"The detailing, especially in the entry and public spaces, coordinates seamlessly, even sensuously, for a building of this scale."

"A sense of light and natural materials abound throughout the layered vertical spaces, capturing natural light as it spills down through the space."

"The project has a beautiful quality of porosity and openness connecting inside with the rich natural environment of the University of Washington and the various levels of a complex institutional program within." less

Jury members said: "Remarkable for a campus building, the interiors of this University of Washington business school campus building contain a rich material palette. The generous natural materials accented with ... more